http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 'Council and Edinburgh University want to transform the Potterrow area' en Fri, 22 May 2026 02:15:49 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107160 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:25:11 +0000 EddieD 107160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Phase1 is informatics, 2a is part of PPLS (Philosophy and LEL) at the moment, and 2b would be Psychology.</p> <p>And remember, Informatics is not Computer Science -the old building was research only too..just not quite so emphatically.</p> <p>There's a board giving the plans for the future at the end of the bikeshed (Potterrow end). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107138 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:09:17 +0000 cc 107138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The model that's on display in the Informatics Forum (top floor by the glass lifts should you find yourself there) has the other half pretty much a mirror image of what's currently there. Don't know what would be housed there though if it was ever built. btw the idea is that the gravel paths through the mud indicate the location of the vennels through the building, while the mud itself is where the new bits of building would sit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107128 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:38:22 +0000 gembo 107128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Informatics pulled a fast one, post graduate building, no undergrads allowed as this meant no VAT paid. Imagine that, a university building that students are barred from!</p> <p>Plans abound to complete the square but what if anything will go there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107121 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:15:58 +0000 cc 107121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hadn't heard that one, fascinating!</p> <p>At one stage it seemed like the planning permission was contingent on not providing car parking, and on providing car parking, both instructions/hints coming from the council. The "not" side won, it seems, and we now have a perma-bog instead. In theory if enough money makes an appearance that'll eventually disappear under the second half of the building - the current L-shape being the first half. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107113 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:29:25 +0000 gkgk 107113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting, cc. I remember the go-ahead for the Crichton st car park buildings as being linked to the uni selling out of the south bridge site (the burnt out AI department above Richer Sounds etc). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107100 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:44:49 +0000 Tulyar 107100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the drop in ground levels Potterrow-George Square why not look at lowering the road and creating a through piazza over the top, with vehicle access for deliveries </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107081 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:17:59 +0000 cc 107081@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I recall that the Uni got permission for the Informatics Forum/Dugald Stewart Building on some sort of understanding that the student centre and the road behind it would eventually be demolished and be replaced by a smaller more direct road. (Dunno where the student centre and the uni medical service would go...) The idea was to link up the George Square area with the Old College / Chambers St area. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9873#post-107073 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:19:36 +0000 chdot 107073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Missed this one last week -</p> <p>"</p> <p>The council also wants to join forces with Edinburgh University to transform the Potterrow area, which sits behind the revamped National Museum of Scotland and the Festival Theatre, but is currently dominated by a busy road.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/plan-to-boost-edinburgh-s-reputation-as-arts-hub-1-2868715" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/plan-to-boost-edinburgh-s-reputation-as-arts-hub-1-2868715</a> </p>